E-nose
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: E-nose is a noun meaning An electronic device able to detect specific combinations of chemicals in gaseous form.
Meaning
An electronic device able to detect specific combinations of chemicals in gaseous form.
Example Sentences
2005, E-nose to 'sniff out' superbugs, BBC Online, 22 September. The e-nose created by surgeon David Morgan and engineer Ritaban Dutta and colleagues can sit on a doctor's desk and analyse gasses given off by swabs from patients for signs of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and other strains of Staph aureus.
Word Forms
- e-noses
Related Words
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